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Auditions Announced for Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestra

CSYO_logoThe CSYO program provides qualified students with an opportunity to perform in the Philharmonic Orchestra or Concert Orchestra. Acceptance into the ensembles depends of the strength of the applicant pool and is based on season repertoire. Auditions are open to students entering grades 7-12 who are prepared to commit to the CSYO rigorous rehearsal and concert schedule. Auditions are scheduled at 10 minute intervals and are heard by members of the CSO or other highly qualified local musicians. Specific instrumental requirements appear on the excerpt packet for each instrument located at the links below.

  • NO accompaniment is necessary for solo pieces
  • Scales may be asked as a part of your audition
  • Parents are not allowed in the audition area after check-in. A waiting area is provided for family members
  • A School Music Program Participation Form signed by your private teacher and current school music director is required for the audition

Dates: August 23-25, 2019

Times: Applicants are notified of their audition date and time by email following receipt of the application and fee.

Place: To be determined in Spring 2019

Fee: $30 non-refundable. This increases to $35 on July 1, 2019

Deadline: Applications must be received by 5:00 PM Friday, August 2, 2019

For more information and a link to apply: https://www.cincinnatisymphony.org/education-and-community/youth-programs/cincinnati-symphony-youth-orchestras/csyo-audition/

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Auditions Announced for A NEW BRAIN at Dare to Defy Productions

D2D_logoDare 2 Defy Productions is thrilled to announce auditions for our upcoming production of the musical A NEW BRAIN, directed by Philip Drennen.

The show will run October 17-19, 2019 at the new PNC Arts Annex with a tentative first rehearsal of September 2, 2019.

Auditions/callbacks will be held on August 11, 2019 starting at 6:00 pm. You will not need to prepare your own songs, we will only be working material from the show.

To receive callback materials, please send your headshot/resume to norgaard@dare2defy.org. Audition location will be emailed back.

All roles are available. All Ethnicities and ages 18+ are encouraged to audition. These are paid non-union contract positions.

Please see casting breakdown below.

  • Gordon Schwinn: A lovable but sarcastic composer, working on music for Mr. Bungee’s TV show Male Tenor (G2-G4)
  • Mr. Bungee: The slightly tyrannical director/producer/star of his own children’s TV show; a frog Male Baritone (B2-G4)
  • Mimi Schwinn: Gordon’s loving yet slightly unstable mother Female Mezzo/Alto (F#3 – C#5)
  • Rhoda: Gordon’s agent and best friend Female Mezzo/Soprano (A3 to E5)
  • Roger Delli-Bovi: Gordon’s charming and affectionate boyfriend Male Baritone (A2 to G4)
  • Richard: A kind and compassionate nurse Male Baritone (G2 to G4)
  • Homeless Lady: Intelligent, caring, yet rough around the edges Female Mezzo Belt (F3 to Eb5)
  • Dr. Berensteiner: An unsympathetic doctor Male Baritone (G2 to E4)
  • Priest: A somewhat clueless man of the cloth at the hospital Male Tenor (C3 to A4)
  • Waitress/Nancy D: The waitress is overbearing; Nancy is a mean nurse Female Soprano (A3 to G5)

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Cast Announced for TRUE WEST at Oxford Area Community Theatre

OXACT_logoThe cast includes:

  • Sam Martini as Austin
  • Jeff Douglass as Lee
  • Cathy McVey as Mom
  • Mike McVey as Saul

Directed by S. Michael McVey, performances run Oct. 10-20.

For more information visit www.oxfordact.org.

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Cast Announced for BROADWAY BOUND at Mariemont Players

mpi_logoMariemont Players is excited to announce the cast of our November show, Neil Simon’s BROADWAY BOUND.

The cast includes:

  • Kate Jerome: Linda Callahan
  • Jack Jerome: Fred Murrell
  • Ben Epstein: Arny Stoller
  • Eugene Morris Jerome: Jake Hart
  • Stanley Jerome: Tanner McDole
  • Blanche Morton: Peggy S. Allen

Part three of Neil Simon’s acclaimed semi-autobiographical trilogy finds Eugene Jerome and his older brother Stanley trying to break into the world of show business as professional comedy writers while coping with family tensions, parental pressures, and maybe even…love? When their material is broadcast on the radio for the first time, some things about the family portrayed in the sketch seem very familiar…

BROADWAY BOUND is directed by Jerry Wiesenhahn.

Performance Dates: November 8-24

For tickets, call Betsy at 513-684-1236 or visit www.mariemontplayers.com!

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SAVE A SOUL, SAVE THE WORLD and GRANDMA ROZI Run Aug. 20-22

KP_Double Feature logoSAVE A SOUL, SAVE THE WORLD and GRANDMA ROZI
Kivie Productions
Aug. 20-22
Aronoff Center Fifth-Third Bank Theatre [Downtown]

SAVE A SOUL, SAVE THE WORLD
Written and directed by Kalman Kivkovich

Cast: Alan Kootsher as Mosheh/Mioshe, Nik Pajic as Moti, James Ball as Yossef/Tadek, Michael Loos as Nazi Man & Raine Mari as Little Mottel

A Jewish Orthodox teenager with his strong determination to save another young life earns himself a new beginning. The story is set in 1965 in Israel and 1943 in the Ghetto of Nazi-Occupied Sosnowiec, Poland.

GRADMA ROZI
Written and directed by Kalman Kivkovich

Cast: Chessie Vigran as Grandma Rozi, Jeremy Spitzig as Rami & Elizabeth Hickerson as Nomi

An eccentric Israeli grandmother makes a difference in her grandson’s life.
Set in present time in Israel.

  • Tue-Thu, Aug. 20-22 at 7:30pm

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